Robson Hunting More Aussies

SHEFFIELD United boss Bryan Robson is on the hunt for more Aussies to take to the UK after being delighted with his star buy of Dave Carney from Sydney FC.

Robson picked up Carney for a bargain $125,000 after the left winger shone in the Asian Cup.

"I was looking at it and thinking `who is this player keeping Harry Kewell out of the Australian team'?" he told AAP.

"Then I saw a few of the A-League games and the Australian national games and I was quite impressed with him."

And the Blades boss is so pleased with what he's seen, he's now on the look out for more.

"I think Australian football is improving all the time," Robson said.

"The international team is gradually getting stronger and improving and the A-League seems to be as well.

"I think Premiership and Championship clubs will always look across there because, not only do we rarely have a problem with the passports because of the background of Australia, but there is some real talent coming through there."

Robson admitted he is getting a shortlist drawn up of potential targets Down Under but denied Sydney defender Mark Milligan was among them.

Now he wants to size up possible buys ahead of the January transfer window before swooping to cherry pick the best.

"With my scouts and the contacts we've got over there we are looking at several players over there," he said.

"I haven't had the reports sent back yet, but we're monitoring some of the teams over there and I'm going to get them to update me around Christmas time.

"The chairman has got big connections on the business side with Australia as well as we've united with an Australian player now."

Carney, 23, initally struggled to find a place in the Sheffield squad after he arrived from Australia, but has impressed off the bench and got his first league game start from kick-off last week.

"The slight problem that we had was that Dave wasn't 100 per cent fit when he came so he had to build up to where the rest of the boys were," Robson told AAP.

"But he came in for the team on Saturday and did well and in the Cup games he's played very well when he's come into the team.

"I'm quite pleased but it's still taking him just that little bit of time to settle down and get to the pace of Championship football.

He added: "His attitude has been spot on. I think Dave will have a big part to play.

"In those wide positions, we haven't got a lot of competition in the midfield areas so they'll all have a big part to play with us."